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Four Stars: ˜˜˜˜

When this movie came out in 1992, it was Disney’s first live action musical in almost 20 years. Featuring a cast of adolescent boys (including a young Christian Bale) and recreating historical events from the turn of the last century, this project was quite unique at the time. Singing newspaper boys in old New York form a union and go on strike, taking on industry moguls with their “interesting” dance moves. Just to warn you, the songs will get stuck in your head.

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MEMORABLE QUOTES

“He was here, but he put an egg in his shoe and beat it.”

“You remember that hot tip I told you about? Yeah, well someone forgot to tell the horse.”

“Look at this: ‘Baby Born with Two Heads’... must be from Brooklyn.”

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Five Stars: ˜˜˜˜˜

When a young boy is sent to live with his uncles, he has no idea what adventures are in store. As he gets to know them, he learns that they were not always so old and boring—their lives have been the stuff of legends. It turns out that he can help them even more than they can help him, for he leads them to discover new purpose and vitality, as they teach him what it means to really be a man. This brilliant film from 2003 will have you laughing and crying, much the way life itself does.

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MEMORABLE QUOTES

“Hub always hogs all the bad guys.”

“A man's body may grow old, but inside his spirit can still be as young and as restless as ever. And him—in his day, he had more spirit than twenty men.”

“We’ll see what the man’s selling, then we’ll shoot him.”